#B279EE#B279EE

#B279EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.174 H 304.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B279EE
RGB	rgb(178, 121, 238)
HSL	hsl(269, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(269, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.2%, 49.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.06, 44.50, -50.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.06, 67.58, 311.19°)
OKLab	oklab(68.27% 0.0989 -0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(68.27% 0.174 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.6268, 29.3130, 84.3900)
Luminance	0.2931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B279EE #B5EE79

analogous

#797AEE #B279EE #ED79EE

triadic

#B279EE #EEB279 #79EEB2

tetradic

#B279EE #EE797A #B5EE79 #79EEED

square

#B279EE #EE797A #B5EE79 #79EEED

split-complementary

#B279EE #EEED79 #7AEE79

monochromatic

#741BD2 #9343E7 #B279EE #D1AFF5 #EFE4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#B279EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#B279EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B279EE

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B279EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B279EE	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5692F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6693EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88EA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b279ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 121, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.174 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cca1f4',
    500: '#b279ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b279ee;
$custom-light: #cca1f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b279ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.231,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68268,
    "c": 0.17357,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B279EE

secondary

#E2F1D1

accent

#DA0C75

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F3FD

border

#D2CDD5

text

#140F17

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B279EE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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